CURRICULUM VITA

Cynthia Austin Fox

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French Studies

Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures 18 Sussex Road

University at Albany Glenmont, NY 12077

Albany, NY 14222 (518) 459-2908

(518) 442-4222

CFox@albany.edu October 2017

Education

1989 Ph.D. French Linguistics, Indiana University.

Dissertation: Syntactic Variation and Interrogative Structures in Québécois.

Director: Albert Valdman.

1986 M.A. General Linguistics, Indiana University.

1982 M.A. French Linguistics, Indiana University.

1976 B.A. French Studies (Honors), Brown University.

1975 Certificat pratique de langue française (mention bien), Universités de Paris.

Employment

1997-current Associate Professor of French Studies, University at Albany

(with joint appointment in Linguistics and Cognitive Science)

1990-1997 Assistant Professor of French Studies, University at Albany

(with joint appointment in Linguistics and Cognitive Science)

1988-1990 Lecturer in French Studies, University at Albany

(with joint appointment in Linguistics and Cognitive Science)

1986-1988 Visiting Lecturer in French, Indiana University

1980-1982 Associate Instructor, Department of French and Italian

1983-1984 Indiana University

1985-1986

1984-1985 French Teaching Fellow, Bloomington Montessori School

1982-83 Lecturer in English, Université de Strasbourg, France

1977-1980 French Teacher and Resident Faculty, Gunston School, Centreville, Maryland

Honors and Awards

2016 President’s Award, Graduate Student Association, University at Albany

2014 “Most Influential Person” Honors College Student nomination

2001 Quebec Summer Seminar, Center for the Study of Canada, Plattsburgh State University of New

York (One of 20 selected international participants)

1990 Services culturels de l'Ambassade de France Summer Fellowship

Société des professeurs français et francophone en Amérique Fellowship

1985 Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute Fellowship

1984 Indiana University Vice President's Fellowship

Indiana University Peter L. Cannings Memorial Prize for Excellence in French Linguistics

1981 Department of French and Italian Indiana University Certificate of Excellence in Teaching

1980 Indiana University Fellowship for first-year study

1972 New York State Regents' Scholarship

Research Activities

External Grants, PI

2001 Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant for Collaborative Proposal: A Sociolinguistic

Investigation of Franco-American French, with Jane Smith, University of Maine.

(3 years, @ $300,000 total)

1996 American Council of Learned Societies Grant for Travel to International Meetings Abroad

External Grants, Collaborator (U= Unfunded)

2016 Advisory Board, National Endowment for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

Grant, "French d'en bas", an on-line portal of primary documents relevant to the study of Franco

Americans of the Northeast United States.” Susan Pinette (Univeristy of Maine), Principal Investigator.

(Also submitted in 2015) U

2016 Humanities Scholar, NEH Common Heritage Grant, Je me souviens (I Remember): Family, Faith, Folklife

and Factory in the Franco-American Community in Cohoes, New York. Janet Shideler and Karen Mahar

(Siena College), Principal Investigators. (Also submitted in 2015) U

2011 Collaborator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada grant Le français à la

mesure d’un continent: un patrimoine en partage, France Martineau (University of Ottawa), Principal

Investigator (7 years, 2,500.000) http://continent.uottawa.ca/

Internal Grants

2015 Individual Awards Development Program Grant, NYS/UUP PDQWL, French in Ohio

2008 Individual Awards Development Program Grant, NYS/UUP PDQWL, conference travel (AATF Belgium)

2007 Individual Awards Development Program Grant, NYS/UUP PDQWL, for exhibit in Southbridge

1998 Individual Awards Development Program Grant, NYS/UUP PDQWL, conference travel (CIEF New

Brunswick))

1999 SUNY Faculty Research Awards Program Grant-in-Aid, French in Whitehall, NY

1994 NYS/UUP Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action Leave Grant

1993 NYS/UUP Professional Development and Quality of Working Life Committee Term Faculty Development

Award, conference travel (CIEF Morocco)

1991 SUNY Faculty Research Awards Program Grant-in-Aid, French in Cohoes, NY

1987 Indiana University Graduate School Grant-in-Aid of Research

Sociolinguistic Fieldwork

Franco-American French in Southern New England

Sociolinguistic interviews with 135 speakers (107 recordings ; 147 hours total) recorded in Bristol (CT),

Woonsocket (RI), Southbridge and Gardner (MA) from Spring 2002 to Fall 2003. Transcription completed for all

communities; coding for 26 linguistic traits. (PI and sole fieldworker in Bristol and Woonsocket.)

Franco-American French in New York State

Sociolinguistic interviews with 27 speakers (22 recordings ; 29 hours total) recorded in Cohoes (1991) and Whitehall

(1998). Complete transcriptions of all recordings from Cohoes ; partial transcriptions of recordings from Whitehall.

(PI and sole fieldworker)

In preparation

A la recherché du français perdu. An article detailing the (re) discovery of a French heritage community in west

central Ohio, co-authored with Deborah Piston-Hatlen. Complete draft submitted to community consultant for

feedback. Anticipated submission to the French Review by 12/01.

Mon français est mieux qu’avant : A case study of selected linguistic features in the speech a heritage French

speaker interviewed in 2002 and again in 2016. For delivery as plenary presentation in June 2018 and eventual

publication.

Articles and book chapters (I = Invited)

2018 Fox, Cynthia A. (completed/accepted) Le français en Nouvelle Angleterre : on va voir mais que le temps

arrive. In France Martineau, Annette Boudreau, Yves Frenette and Françoise Gadet, eds. L’Amérique

française et ses langues. Québec : Presses Université de Laval. (I)

2017 Fox, Cynthia A. Le français en Nouvelle-Angleterre. In Ursula Reutner, ed. Manuel des

francophonies. Collection Manuals of Romance Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp.

(I) 2014 Fox, Cynthia A. Le lexique du français franco-américain: étude comparative. In Wim Remsen, ed. Les

français d’ici: du discours d’autorité à la description des normes et des usages. Collection Les voies du

français. Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 177-203.

Fox, Cynthia A. and Louis Stelling. Language Variation and Change? Gender agreement in

Franco-American Descriptive Adjectives. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics 17:1, pp. 101-128..

2007 Fox, Cynthia A. Franco-American Voices: French in the Northeastern United States Today. The

French Review 80:6, pp. 1278-1292.

Fox, Cynthia A., G. Fortin, V. nd L. Stelling. L’identité franco-américaine: Tendances actuelles dans le

sud de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Canadian Review of American Studies 37:1, pp. 23-48.

Fox, Cynthia A. & Jane S. Smith. Recherches en cours sur le français franco-américain. In Robert

Fournier, ed. Francophonies américaines. Glottopol, Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne 9: 118-139.

2006 Fox, Cynthia A. La variation régionale en français franco-américain: les formes verbales à la troisième

personne du pluriel. In Robert Papen & Gisèle Chevalier, Les variétés de français parlées en Amérique du

Nord. La Revue Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée 9:2 et la Revue de l'Université de Moncton 37:2,

pp.55-71.

2005 Fox, Cynthia A. La variation syntaxique à Woonsocket: ébauche d’une grammaire du franco-américain.

In Patrice Brasseur and Anika Falkert, eds. Français d'Amérique : approches morphosyntaxiques, pp. 39-48.

Paris: L'Harmatton.

Fox, Cynthia A. and Jane S. Smith. La situation du français franco-américain: aspects linguistique et

sociolinguistique. In Albert Valdman, Julie Auger and Deborah Piston-Hatlen, eds. Le français en

Amérique du nord, 117-141. Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval. (Invited)

2002 Fox, Cynthia A. Incorporating Variation in the French Classroom: A Pedagogical Norm for Listening

Comprehension. In Susan Gass, Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Sally Sieloff Magnan and Joel Walz, eds.

Pedagogical Norms for Second and Foreign Language Teaching. Studies in Honor of Albert Valdman, 201-

219. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

1998 Fox, Cynthia & Louise Charbonneau. Le français franco-américain: nouvelle perspective sur les

communautés linguistiques. Francophonies d'Amérique 8:65-84.

Fox, Cynthia A. Le transfert linguistique et la réduction morphologique: le genre dans le français de

Cohoes. In P. Brasseur, ed. Français d'Amérique: variation, créolisation, normalisation, 61-74. Avignon:

Centre d'Etudes Canadiennes, Université d'Avignon.

1995 Fox, Cynthia A.. On Maintaining a Francophone Identity in Cohoes, NY. The French Review 69: 264-74.

Fox, Cynthia & Louise Charbonneau. Le français en contact avec l'anglais: analyse des anglicismes dans

le français parlé à Cohoes, NY. In Robert Fournier & Henri Wittmann, Le français des Amériques. La

revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 12: 37-63.

1993 Fox, Cynthia A. Communicative Competence and Beliefs About Language Among First-Year TAs in

French. Modern Language Journal 77:313-24.

Fox, Cynthia A. Une communauté franco-américaine dans l'état de New York: une étude préliminaire sur

le français à Cohoes. Francophonies d'Amérique 3:181-92.

1992 Fox, Cynthia A. Toward a Revised Model of TA Training. In Joel Walz, ed. Development and Supervision

of Teaching Assistants in Foreign Languages. Issues in Language Program Direction 3, Heinle & Heinle,

pp. 191-208.

1991 Fox, Cynthia A. A Discriminant Analysis of Yes-No Questions in Quebec French. Word 42:277-94.

Exhibits Organized

Le français en Nouvelle-Angleterre/The French Language in New England. Notes from the Franco-American

French Project. Curated by Cynthia A. Fox, Graphics by Stefanie Schaeffer.

2009 June 1-30. Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland NY. Adapted to include information and artifacts

relative to the Franco-American communities in New York State.

2008 April 1-30. Center for Languages. Literatures and Cultures, Williams College, Williamstown, MA,

Adapted to include artifacts specific to the local Franco community from Williams College archives and

Williamstown House of Local History.

2007 July 1-30. Jacob Edwards Memorial Library, Southbridge, MA, included artifacts specific to the

local Franco community from the library archives.

Articles in reference works

2005 Fox, Cynthia A. Canadians, francophone. In Peter Eisenstadt, ed. Encyclopedia of New York State, 254.

New York: Syracuse University Press.

2001 Fox, Cynthia A. French. In Jane Garry & Carl Rubino, eds. Facts About the World's Languages:

Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages: Past and Present, 219-223. New York/Dublin: H.W. Wilson

Press.

Articles in conference proceedings

2001 Fox Cynthia A.. La francophonie aux Etats-Unis: le cas des francophones du nord-est. POCC CKA PAHKO

OH Revue de l’Association des professeurs de français en Russie, 109-117. Moscow: l’Association des

professeurs de français en Russie.

1987 Fox, Cynthia. Summary of the Discussion Session on Testing Listening Comprehension. In Albert Valdman,

ed. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Evaluation of Foreign Language Proficiency. Bloomington,

Indiana: Indiana University.

Research reports

2012 Fox, Cynthia A. Rapport des institutions. Rabaska: revue d’ethnologie de l’Amérique française, 10.

2008 Fox, Cynthia A. Rapport des institutions. Rabaska: revue d’ethnologie de l’Amérique française, 6.

Reviews

2014 Violin–Wigent, Anne, Jessica Miller, & Frédérique Grim. Sons et sens. La prononciation du français en

contexte. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013. Pp. xvii, 386. $79.95, paper. 1 DVD–

ROM. ISBN 978–1–58901–971–3. . The Modern Language Journal, 98: 696–697. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-

4781.2014.12114.x

2002 Skutnall, Kangas, Tove. Linguistic Genocide in Education--or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights?

Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. Modern Language Journal.

2000 Edwards, John, ed. Language in Canada. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Modern

Language Journal 84:2 , pp. 299-300.

1997 Barnwell, David Patrick. A History of Foreign Language Testing in the United States. Tempe, AZ:

Bilingual Press, 1996. Modern Language Journal 81:4, pp. 558-59.

1996 Poirier, Claude, ed. Langue, espace, société: les variétés du français en Amérique. Silléry: Les Presses de

l'Université Laval, 1994. The French Review 69:5, pp. 840-41.

1995 Clas, André & Benoît Ouba, eds. Visages du français: variétés lexicales de l'espace francophone. Paris:

John Libbey Eurotext, 1990. The French Review 68:6, pp. 1132-33.

1994 Morton, Jacqueline. English Grammar for Students of French, 3rd ed. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill

Press, The Modern Language Journal 78:3, p. 398.

Groupe Aixois de Recherches en Syntaxe. Recherches sur le français parlé 11. The French Review 67:5,

pp. 911-12.

1992 Mougeon, Raymond & Edouard Beniak. Linguistic Consequences of Language Contact and Restriction.

The Case of French in Ontario, Canada. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. The French Review 65:4, pp.

696-97.

1991 Dumas, Denis. Nos façons de parler: les prononciations en français québécois. The French Review, 64:4

pp. 735-36.

1987 Austin, Timothy. Language Crafted: A Linguistic Theory of Poetic Syntax. Book notice. Studies in Second

Language Acquisition, 9:3.

1982 Ryan, Robert W. Une analyse phonétique d'un parler acadien de la Nouvelle-Ecosse (Canada): Région de

la Baie Sainte-Marie. The French Review, 56, pp. 353-54.

Refereed papers presented

2015 A la recherche du français perdu : French Heritage in Western Ohio. Indiana Foreign Language

Teachers Association, Indianapolis. November. (with Deborah Piston-Hatlen).

A la recherche du français perdu: French Communities in Western Ohio. 88th Annual Convention, AATF

Annual Convention, Saguenay, Quebec, July. (with Deborah Piston-Hatlen).

2012 Le lexique du français franco-américain: étude comparative. Les français d’ici: Acadie, Québec, Ontario,

Ouest canadien…4eme colloque international, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, June.

2011 Phonosyntactic Restructuring of Gender in Franco-American French. Methods in Dialectology 14.

University of Western Ontario. August. (with Gregg Castelucci)

2011 Cajuns and Franco-Americans: Music, Language, and Cultural Identity. 84th

Annual

Convention, AATF, Montreal, July. (with Deborah Piston-Hatlen)

2010 N'oublie pas: French American Music, Language, and Identity. 83t Annual Convention, American

Association of Teachers of French, Philadelphia, July. (with Deborah Piston-Hatlen)

2008 You [tyb], I [tsYb]: Incorporating Variation in the French Language Classroom. 81

st Annual Convention

American Association of Teachers of French, Liege, Belgium, July.

2007 La pâtisserie de Bayeux: (mis)adventures in transcribing a mega-corpus of Franco-American French.

American Dialect Society Annual Conference, Anaheim, California.

2004 Franco-Américain, Canadien français, Acadien ou Américain? Identité éthnique chez les Franco-

Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. American Council for Quebec Studies Annual Meeting, (with

Geneviève Fortin, Véronqiue Martin and Louis Stelling.)

La restructuration grammaticale dans le français franco-américain. Grammaire comparée des variétés du

français nord-américain. Avignon, France.

2000 Le maintien du français aux états du nord-est. AATF Annual Meeting, Paris, France

1999 Remarques sur la langue française (dans l'Etat de New York). CIEF Annual Meeting, Lafayette, LA.

Field Notes on French in New York State. American Dialect Society Special Session, ILA Annual

Meeting, New York, NY.

1998 Tene quod habes: la ligue de ralliement français en Amérique et le maintien du français. CIEF Annual

Meeting, Moncton, NB.

1997 Franco-Americans of the Northeast and the Teaching of French: current situation and future trends. AATF

Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.

1996 Le transfert linguistique et la réduction morphologique: le genre dans le français de Cohoes, Les

Français d'Amérique du Nord en Situation Minoritaire. Univ. of Provence, France.

Adjective-Noun Concord in Cohoes French. 41st Annual Conference, ILA, New York, NY.

1995 Contribution à l'étude du français nord-américain: le français franco-américain. AATF AnnualMeeting,

Austin, TX (with Louise Charbonneau).

1994 Contribution à l'étude du français parlé: le français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Colloque ORALITE,

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (with Louise Charbonneau)

1993 Speech Communities and Language Shift: French in Cohoes, NY. NWAVE 22, University of Ottawa.

Comment peut-on être francophone dans l'état de New York? Analyse du français parlé dans la ville de

Cohoes. Conseil international d'études francophones, Casablanca, Morocco.

Language Contact and the Lexicon: French and English in Cohoes, NY. Annual Meeting of the

Linguistic Society of America, Los Angeles, CA. (with Louise Charbonneau).

1992 English Borrowings in the French of Cohoes, N.Y. XVth International Congress of Linguists, Quebec,

Canada. (with Louise Charbonneau)

Grammatical Competence versus Communicative Competence: Beliefs About Language Among First-

Year TAs in French. 45th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference.

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1990 Rethinking the Foundations of T.A. Training. American Association of University Supervisors and

Coordinators of Foreign Language Programs, ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.

Yes-No Questions in the Speech of Québécois Adolescents. International Linguistic Association Annual

Conference, New York, NY.

Invited papers and presentations (scholarly)

2018 Mon français est mieux qu’avant. Keynote. Les français d’ici. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.

June 6-8.

2016 Lost and Found : French in Western Ohio. LLC Seminar Series, University at Albany, January 27.

2012 J’aime mon français pareil: normes, usages et idéologies chez les Franco-Américains. Guest lecture

FRA 5560b Analyse du discours Normes, usages et idéologies en Amérique français (F.

Martineau), University of Ottawa, November 1.

2010 Language Variation and Change? Gender agreement in Franco-American Descriptive Adjectives.

La variation sociolinguistique en contexte de contact, Special Session at the Annual Meeting

of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, Montreal, June. (with Louis Stelling)

2011 A Sociolinguistic Investigation of Franco-American French. Guest lecture, ALIN 325: Sociolinguistics (J.

Justeson), University at Albany.

2008 C’est pas mal la manière qu’on parlait. Franco-American Perspectives on the French Language in New

England. Williams College, April 2.

2007 The language calls to me: maintenance and loss of French among the Franco-Americans of the

northeast. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. October 11.

2005 Franco-American Voices: French in the Northeastern United States Today. Symposium on French in the

United States Today. France-University of Texas Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. Austin, Texas.

2003 Sociolinguistic and Linguistic Aspects of French in New England: Report from the South. Colloquium on

French in the United States, Indiana University.

2001 La francophonie aux Etats-Unis: le cas des Franco-Américains du nord-est. XIII Congrès de l'Association

des professeurs de français en Russie. Moscow, Russia.

1997 Linguistics and the Politics of Language Teaching. Keynote Address. Sixth Graduate Student Colloquium

on French and Italian Language and Literature. Indiana University.

1995 Recherches linguistiques sur le français dans la région d'Albany, New York. Colloque du Séminaire d'été

de la francophonie, CEFAN, Université Laval.

1992 Language Contact and the Lexicon: French and English in Cohoes, NY. Colloquium Series, Department of

Linguistics and Cognitive Science, University at Albany (with Louise Charbonneau).

Invited presentations (pedagogical or general audiences)

2016 Retour aux sources: les mystères des consonnes finales expliqués. Fall Workshop, University in the High

School Program, UAlbany, November 4.

2014 Les francophones de chez nous: musique, langue et identité culturelle. Fall Workshop, University in the

High School Program, UAlbany, November 7.

2012 Word for Word: Franco-Americans and the French Language. Franco-American Federation of New York,

Cohoes Public Library, November 7.

2009 A Monday Morning Inspirational Speech. Spanish, French and Italian Workshop, University in the High

Schools, University at Albany, November 6.

2009 French Language as it Persists in the Northeast Today. The Continuing French Presence in the Hudson

Valley, Chaplain-Hudson Quadricentennial Celebration, Guilderland Public Library, June 26.

2008 Pronunciation in the Intermediate Level French Class. Fall Workshop, University in the High School

Program, UAlbany, November 7.

2007 The French Language in New England: the case of Southbridge. Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, MA

(with Louis Stelling), July 23.

2004 In Their Own Words: the French Canadians of New England. Southbridge Historical Society, Southbridge,

MA (with Louis Stelling)

1994 The French Language in Cohoes. Franco-American Federation of New York.

Panelist

2013 Academia : Success and Difficulties of Promoting Francophonie. Conference on French in New York

“One Language, Many Cultures” SUNY Global Center, NYC.

2011 Disappearing Languages: Will yours be next? Roundtable discussion of The Linguists. University of

Maine. April

2008 North American French in Foreign Language Pedagogy. Teaching Franco-America (Table ronde/Round

Table), American Council for Quebec Studies. Quebec City, November 13.

1997 Etat de la recherche sur les Franco-Américains. 12th Colloquium of the French Institute, Assumption

College, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 1997.

1996 Working the Community: Ethical Questions for Research in/on the Franco-American Community. Plenary

Session, Cultural Identity in French America: Legacy, Evolution, and the Challenges of Renewal. Bar

Harbor, Maine.

1995 The Role of Linguistics in the Undergraduate French Program. AATF Annual Conference.

Beyond the Regents: Exploring Checkpoint C. SUNY/NYSAFLT Teleconference.

1993 Community and Academe: Toward an Authentic Meeting Place. Franco-American Center, University of

Maine at Orono.

1990 Insights on Integrating New Technologies in the French Classroom. NYSAFLT Annual Meeting.

Sessions organized

1998 Les Francos et leur langue. CIEF Annual Meeting.

1997 American Dialect Society Special Session, Annual Meeting of International Linguistic Society.

1995 Seminar on Franco-American French, SUNY Albany.

1996 North American French Language. AATF Annual Conference.

1994 Standards for Student Outcomes. (with Earle Clowney). ADFL Summer Seminar East.

Teaching and Mentoring Activities

Courses taught (University at Albany):

Taught in French:

Fre 101 Elementary French I

Fre 221 Intermediate French I

Fre 306 Comprehension and Pronunciation of French

Fre 350 French Conversation

Fre 399 Special Topics: North American French

Fre 399: Special Topics: The Gourmet Culture of France

Fre 406/506 French Morphology and Syntax

Fre 440/540 Writing French With Style

Fre 499 Linguistic Approaches to the French Language

Fre 499/599 Special Topics: Franco-American French

Fre 499/599 Special Topics: North American French

Fre 501 Teaching French: Methods and Issues

Fre 502 Applied French Linguistics

Fre 510 Linguistic and Social Evolution of the French Language

Fre 510 Structure of French

Fre 511 French Sociolinguistics

Fre 513 History of the French Language

Fre 611 Franco-American French: Data from the Field

Fre 612 Applied French Linguistics

Fre 698 Teaching French at the College Level

Fre 397 Independent Study in French (various topics)

Fre 697 Independent Study in French (various topics)

Taught in English:

Fre 201 Language Ideology, Policy & Planning: Lessons from the French Speaking World

Lin 220 Introduction to Linguistics

Lin 325 Sociolinguistics

Lin 497 Independent Study in Linguistics (various topics)

Non-credit 3 day pre-service Orientation Workshop for New Teaching Assistants in French, 1988-1999

(Indiana University)

Fre 100 Elementary French 1

Fre 150 Elementary French 2

Fre 200 Intermediate French 1

Fre 115 Accelerated Elementary French 1-2

(Université de Strasbourg)

ANG 551 English language for non-majors

ANG 601 English language, 2nd

year majors (DEUG)

ANG 701 Advanced Conversation, 3rd

year majors (License)

Graduate Mentoring

Dissertations Defended : C= Chair; M= Member; E = external reader

2017 Jordan Lavendar, Code Switching, Lexical Borrowing, and Polylanguaging in Valencian Spanish: An

Analysis of Data from Conversational Corpora and Twitter. (M)

Amzallag, Olivia. The Effects of Increasing Object Pronoun Input Frequency on The Aural

Comprehension of 3rd Person Object Pronouns Among Second Semester Classroom Learners of French (C)

2013 Martin, Véronique. Mediational effects of telecollaborative exchanges on the intercultural

competence of intermediate level students of French as a foreign language. (C)

2011 Montoya, Maria Christina. Expression of Possession in US Spanish in Contact with English: A

Sociolingusitic Study across Two Generations in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. (M)

2010 Saint-Pierre, Adèle. Le français parlé à Jay-Livermore Falls (Maine, É.-U.) : étude lexicale. Dissertation

directed by Claude Poirier, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada. (E)

2008 Stelling, Louis Edward. Morphosyntactic Variation and Language Shift in Two Franco-American

Communities. (C)

2007 Ramirez, Dora. Language Attrition and Maintenance: The Case of Colombian Immigrants in

New York State. (M)

2002 Ngcobo, Mtholeni. Language Planning in South Africa. (M)

1997 Charbonneau, Louise. L'emprunt lexical et le transfert à l'anglais dans une communauté franco-

américaine au nord du Vermont Presidential Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award. (C)

1997 Keuhl, Carrie. Songs, Society, and Identity in Quebec. (M)

Dissertations in Progress C= Chair; M= Member; E = external reader

Amagashe, Komla. La problématique d’un dictionnaire multilingue : cas du dictionnaire éwé-langues indo-

Européennes. (C)

DeClerck, Joshua. Heritage Language in NYC. (M)

Demsey, Laura. Franco-American French , Indiana University E)

Mentored Graduate Student Publications

2011 Stelling, Louis. The effects of grammatical proscription on morphosyntactic change: Auxiliary variation in

Franco-American French. Arborescences : revue d’études françaises. 1. Available at

http://www.erudit.org/revue/arbo/2011/v/n1/1001942ar.html

2007 Stelling, Louis. Attitudes linguistiques et transfert à l'anglais à la communauté franco-américaine de

Southbridge (Massachusetts). Francophonies d'Amérique 23-24: 231-251.

2004 Bagate, Mariame, Jodie Lemery, Louis Stelling, Véronique Martin and Nadja Wyvekens. Attitudes

linguistiques et transfert à l’anglais dans une communauté franco-américaine non-homogène: le case de

Bristol (Connecticut). Francohonies d’Amérique 14: 17-33.

Fieldwork Supervision

2003 Véronique Martin, Gardner MA,

2003 Louis Stelling, Southbridge, MA, Summer

1996 Louise Charbonneau, Franklin-Highgate, Vermont

Undergraduate Mentoring

Primary Faculty Sponsor, Student Initiated Interdisciplinary Major

2017 Sophia Uwechue, Intercultural Diversity 2016 Michael Maneen, French and Linguistics

2014 Joshua DeClerck . French and Linguistics

2013 Kamilla Hussein. French and Linguistics.

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Supervision

2014 Kelly, Matthew. Y et Là en français franco-américain.

2012 Luttinger, Farrell. Les réactions des étudiants américains envers quatre accents français : Étude sur la

prééminence du français de Paris dans l’enseignement

2011 Castellucci, Gregg A. A description of the Plattsburgh, NY dialect of North American French and an analysis

of its liaison retention and innovation. Honorable Mention, Provost’s Award for Undergraduate

Research.

Student Sociolinguistic Fieldwork supervised

2010 Gregg Castellucci, Plattsburgh, NY, Winter

Language Program Direction, Teacher Training and Supervision

Administration

2008-09 Co-Director of Basic Language Instruction and Supervisor of Teaching Assistants in French Studies

1988-99 Director of Basic Language Instruction and Supervisor of Teaching Assistants in French Studies,

1990 Resident Advisor, Academic Program in Poitiers (Summer)

1987-88 Supervisor, Elementary French II, Indiana University

1986-87 Supervisor, Elementary French I, Indiana University

1986 Coordinator, Orientation for New Associate Instructors in French, 1986

Coordinator, Elementary French II, Indiana University (Spring)

1981 Coordinator, Intermediate French I, Indiana University (Fall)

Materials Development

1990 La valise. Office Audio-visuel de l'université de Poitiers. 30 min. 1990.

Story based video for teaching elementary French

1988 Teaching Elementary French: Goals and Strategies. 6 vols. Cathy R. Pons, Project Director.

Indiana University Instructional Television, 1988.

One of three demonstration teachers in videos explaining and illustrating effective teaching techniques and

practices for use in the training of graduate teaching assistants

1987 Elementary French I: Language and Culture. A Learning Guide for French F100. Indiana University

Independent Study Program. Division of Extended Studies. School of Continuing Studies.

Elementary French II: Language and Culture. A Learning Guide for French F150. Indiana University

Independent Study Program. Division of Extended Studies. School of Continuing Studies.

Service Activities

Professional

Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada

Observer, Partnership Development Grants Review Committees, 2018

Member, Partnership Development Grants Arts and Humanities Review Committee 2015-17

United States Department of Education

Peer Reviewer, National Resource Center (NRC)/ Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Grants,

2014, 2010, 2002

National Science Foundation

Ad hoc reviewer 2007; 2002

American Association of Teachers of French

Nominee, Regional Representative (declined), 2014

Commission on North American French 1993-96 (Chair, 1994-95

Dimension (Southern Conference on Language Teaching)

Editorial Board, 2000-09

Outside Evaluator for tenure and promotion

Portland State University (2009)

University of North Texas (2008);

University of Evansville (2006);

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (2004);

University of Utah (2003);

Sewanee University of the South (2001)

Ad hoc reviewer

Proceedings of the Linguistics Symposium on Romance Languages 44 (2015);

Language Variation and Change (2008);

Quebec Studies (2008);

Linguistica Atlantica (2008);

Modern Language Journal (2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; 2002; 1997);

AAUSC Issues in Language Program Development (2007; 2000; 1999);

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics (2004);

Intercultural Pragmatics (2004);

ADFL Bulletin (1991);

Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1991).

Selected papers for Les francais d'ici, edited by R. Mougeon, M.Tremblay, F. Martineau and T. Nasdasi

(2007)

Yale University Press (2005; 2004);

Prentice-Hall (1999; 1997; 1994);

Heinle & Heinle (1999);

Harper & Row (1988)

Program Review Committee

Deuxième Congrès Mondial de Linguistique Française (2010);

American Association of Applied Linguistics/Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Annual

Conference (2006);

Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association Annual Conference (2004);

Colloquium on French in the United States, Indiana University (2003)

University

University Senate

Immediate Past Chair, 2016-17

Chair, 2015-16

Vice Chair, 2014-15

Senator from LLC, 2010-2014

Volunteer, 2009-2010; 2004-05

Senate Executive Committee, 2014-2017 (Chair, 2015-16)

University Policy and Planning Council 2015-17 (Chair, 2016-17)

Governance Council, 2011-2015 (Chair, 2014-15)

Ad hoc CAFFECoR Charter Amendment sub-committee, 2013-14

Ad Hoc Administrative Review sub-committee, 2012-13

Graduate Academic Council, 2009-11

Committee on Admissions and Academic Standing 2009-12

University Council

Faculty Representative, 2014-15

United University Professions

Executive Committee, 2011-15

Residence Halls

Advisor, Francophone House Living Learning Community, 2009-11

Faculty Associate, Dutch Quad 1991-93; State Quad Fall 1993

Committee Member

Conduct Review Board, 1993-2005; 2010-current

Strategic Plan Steering Committee, 2016-present

Presidential Search Committee, 2017 (elected by faculty)

Transfer Advisory Board, 2016-17

Honorary Degree Committee, 2015-16

Public Engagement Council, 2015-16

Faculty Working Group on Internationalization, 2007-08

Program Priorities Committee, Fall 2000

Ada Craig Walker Prize Selection Committee, 1997

Who's Who of American College Students Selection Committee, 1996, 1995

Undergraduate Committee on Teacher Education, Fall 1993.

Presidential Scholar's Selection Committee 1991, 1992

Task Force on Undergraduate Advisement 1990-91

Evaluation Policy Panel 1992-93; 1990-91

Faculty Advisory Group on Scholarships 1992-93; 1990-91

University Assessment Panel 1989-90

Subcommittee on Basic Skills Assessment 1989-90

Selection Committee, Academic Program in Poitiers, France 1991, 1990

Participant

Dialogue in Action, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 2013-14

SUNY Institute on Training for Teaching Assistants, 1993

Faculty Marshall

Spring Undergraduate Commencement 2005, 2007-09, 2011, 2013-14

Spring Graduate Commencement, 2011, 2012, 2017

Winter Graduate Ceremony, 2011, 2013

Other

Faculty Mentor for Students on Academic Probation, 1989-92

Discussion Leader, Freshman Book Workshop 1991, 1992

College of Arts and Sciences

CAS Faculty Council

Councilor 2007-2009; 2004-05; 1997-98

Academic Support Committee (Chair), 2007-2009

Nominating Committee, 2004-2005

Committee on Promotion and Tenure, 1997-98

University in the High Schools

Journée Francophone, 2007-17

Search Committee, Liaisons for French and for Spanish, 2001-02

Center for Language and International Communication

Advisory Board, 2009-10

Chair, Search Committee for Coordinator of Language Learning and Technology Infrastructure, 2007-08

Honors College Task Force, 2004

Personnel Committee, College of Humanities and Fine Arts 1991-93

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (selected)

Chair, 2017-20

Committees

Executive 2013-15; 2007-2009; 2004-05; 2000-02;

Chair, 2000-01; 2013-14

Tenure and Promotion Committee

Lotfi Sayahi, 2015-16 (Chair)

Sylvia Nagy-Zekmi, 1999

Susannah Fessler (East Asian Studies), 1999

Search Committee:

Secretary, 2016-17

Lecturer in Hebrew (failed), 2015-16

Assistant Professor of Spanish linguistics, 2014-15

Assistant Professor of linguistics, 2014-15

Assistant Professor of Russian, 2007

Visiting Assistant Professor of French, 2005

Visiting Assistant Professor of French, 2004

Assistant Professor of Spanish, 1997-98

Assistant to the Chair, 1997

Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2000-01

Faculty Review Committee, 1999-2000, Fall 2007

Ad Hoc Faculty Review Committee, Spring 1999

Ad Hoc Crisis Committee, 2010

Program in French Studies (selected)

Program Co-Director, Spring 2013-present

Director of Graduate Studies, 2001-05

TA Supervisor and Director of Basic Language Instruction 1988-1999; 2008-09

PhD Examination Committee 1995-2012 (all candidates)

MA Examination Committee 1988-2012 (all candidates)

Advisor, Pi Delta Phi, French Honor Society, 2012-present

Organizer, La pause café, 2013-present

Advisor, Le cercle français, 2011-2016

Organizer, Chant plein (French chorus), 2009-11

Community

Organizer, Screening and discussion of Un rêve américain, Guilderland Public Library, 2015

WAMC fund drive volunteer, 2013

Grassroot Givers A Day of Simple Giving, volunteer, 2010, 2012, 2013

Emma Willard School, Commencement Volunteer, 2009-11

Robert C. Parker School, Book Fair Volunteers Coordinator (Fall and Spring), 2006-08

Bethlehem Children’s School, Board of Directors 2004-05

Class Agent, The Buffalo Seminary, 1997-2002

Franco-American Federation of New York Executive Committee, 1992-2002

Co-President, 1998-01;

2nd Vice President, 2001-02;

Secretary, 1997-98;

Chair, Publicity 1995-98

Professional organizations

Association of French Language Studies

American Association of Teachers of French

American Dialect Society

Linguistic Society of America